Commentary • The Jersey Vindicator

Passaic Valley Water Commission lawsuit exposes years of mismanagement and regulatory failure

Sep 14, 2026Sep 14, 2026

Holtec’s and New Jersey’s nuclear gamble

Sep 6, 2026Sep 7, 2026

New Jersey’s history of moratoriums

Sep 2, 2026Aug 31, 2026

Why the Pinelands aquifer ruling matters

Sep 1, 2026Sep 7, 2026

Governor Sherrill’s data center bills aren’t guardrails. They’re green lights.

Aug 30, 2026Sep 7, 2026

Dolly Parton: ‘We’re just mistreating Mother Nature—that’s like being ugly to your mama.’

Aug 28, 2026Aug 28, 2026

Keyport’s toxic disaster is a crisis Trenton makes — worse

Aug 23, 2026Aug 23, 2026

New Jersey keeps paving the way for worse flooding

Aug 16, 2026Aug 16, 2026

The Delaware & Raritan Canal: New Jersey’s forgotten environmental treasure

Aug 9, 2026Aug 9, 2026

Trump’s environmental rollbacks have come to New Jersey

Aug 2, 2026Aug 2, 2026

Governor Sherrill’s energy agenda is taking New Jersey off course

Jul 26, 2026Jul 26, 2026

The pause that saved the Pines

Jul 19, 2026Jul 19, 2026

NJDEP budget cuts are part of the war on the environment

Jul 19, 2026Jul 19, 2026

When local journalism, advocacy, and politics collide

Jul 11, 2026Jul 11, 2026

Governor Sherrill’s permitting dashboard: A dash for development and a roadmap to environmental disaster

Jul 10, 2026Aug 26, 2026

The builders’ playbook: Oppose, delay, weaken

Jul 2, 2026Jul 2, 2026

The nuclear energy gamble: Higher electric bills for dirty energy

Jun 25, 2026Jun 25, 2026

Journalism group calls for editorial independence as Montclair State takes over NJ PBS

Jun 24, 2026Jun 24, 2026

The myth of environment versus growth

Jun 24, 2026Jun 24, 2026

A homeless response system on the brink, and a chance to stabilize it

Jun 23, 2026Jun 23, 2026

Gov. Sherrill’s data center “guardrails” look more like a green light

Jun 19, 2026Jun 19, 2026

From the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection to the Department of Expedited Permits

Jun 9, 2026Aug 26, 2026

New Jersey’s innovation economy depends on today’s STEM students

Jun 4, 2026Jun 4, 2026

Gaslighting for gas pollution: Sherrill, Legislature use affordability as cover

Jun 4, 2026Jun 4, 2026

New Jersey’s commitment to a free press is being tested

Jun 2, 2026Aug 15, 2026

New Jersey’s $50 nursing home personal allowance is a disgrace

May 31, 2026May 31, 2026

When it comes to flooding, the governor is all wet, and New Jersey will be too

May 31, 2026Aug 31, 2026

A roundabout solution in search of a problem

May 24, 2026May 24, 2026

‘A betrayal of the Highlands’: Council approves massive warehouse project on protected farmland

May 23, 2026Jun 3, 2026

New Jersey’s water crisis: A deficit of planning and a drought of action

May 17, 2026Jun 3, 2026

New Jersey can’t afford fewer watchdogs

May 10, 2026May 10, 2026

Farming the government: New Jersey’s broken farmland assessment program helps the wealthy while we go broke

May 9, 2026Aug 26, 2026

Are the New Jersey Pinelands safe from data centers?

May 6, 2026Aug 31, 2026

A national symbol under threat: New Jersey is failing to protect its bald eagles

May 4, 2026Jun 3, 2026

Four years and counting: My public records complaint is still pending

Apr 30, 2026Apr 30, 2026

Governor Sherrill’s environmental report card: Moving FAST for polluters

Apr 30, 2026Jun 3, 2026

The days after Earth Day: We need a new activism in the fight for the environment in New Jersey

Apr 26, 2026Jun 3, 2026

Why grass is greener for the environment and the state budget

Apr 18, 2026Apr 27, 2026

New Jersey lawmakers plan to rollback key flood protections on Earth Day

Apr 18, 2026Jun 3, 2026

New Jersey broke its promise to the Highlands

Apr 16, 2026Jun 3, 2026

Signing away the future: How bill S-3870 puts New Jersey on a dangerous energy path

Apr 8, 2026Aug 31, 2026

New Jersey cannot afford to deepen its news deserts

Apr 8, 2026Apr 8, 2026

Sitting on $1.1 billion while New Jersey gets paved over: Spend the green in Green Acres funding

Mar 30, 2026Aug 26, 2026

Protect the People’s Park: We need the Liberty State Park Protection Act now

Mar 25, 2026Jun 3, 2026

Sunshine week is for government agencies too!

Mar 19, 2026Mar 19, 2026

The document divide: Why public record laws are failing average Americans, and what to do about it

Mar 15, 2026Aug 31, 2026

The AI data center boom is the next environmental crisis and it’s already starting

Mar 15, 2026Jun 3, 2026

Healing the mind: Trauma and the path to recovery in the criminal justice system

Mar 15, 2026Mar 16, 2026

Building a better Trenton Water Works

Mar 11, 2026Mar 11, 2026

NJ energy policy: It’s all about the subsidies

Mar 7, 2026Jun 3, 2026

Sherrill transitions to rolling back environmental protections

Feb 24, 2026Jun 3, 2026

Affordability doesn’t mean sliding down the slippery slope of rolling back environmental protections

Feb 18, 2026Jun 3, 2026

This winter is no snow joke for New Jersey’s wildlife

Feb 11, 2026Jun 3, 2026

Liberty State Park dirty deal on hold

Feb 4, 2026Jun 3, 2026

A big win for the Ramapo Mountains Reservation and the people

Jan 29, 2026Jun 3, 2026

Let the sunshine in: What we want from Gov. Sherrill on transparency

Jan 28, 2026Aug 31, 2026

Moral clarity in the present tense: Faith leaders in New Jersey and across the country call on Governor Murphy to sign immigrant protections

Jan 19, 2026Feb 27, 2026

Murphy’s environmental legacy: Broken promises and a worse environment

Jan 19, 2026Jun 3, 2026

Murphy’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad transparency record

Jan 15, 2026Aug 31, 2026

Murphy makes no mention of environment in last State of the State address

Jan 15, 2026Jun 3, 2026

Only in New Jersey, an inaugural ball at the American Dream Mall

Jan 4, 2026Jun 3, 2026

Stop the warehouse in the people’s park. Vote no on the Liberty State Park dirty deal

Dec 31, 2025Feb 27, 2026

NJ State Senate Democrats join Trump’s war on the environment with new Scutari bill

Dec 23, 2025Aug 26, 2026

Trenton has a hearing problem

Dec 5, 2025Dec 6, 2025

Protecting the environment must be a priority for the Sherrill Administration

Dec 4, 2025Jun 3, 2026

The long-planned, slow death of open government in New Jersey

Nov 19, 2025Jun 3, 2026

New Jersey’s war on transparency and accountability

Nov 17, 2025Nov 26, 2025

Why Jack Ciattarelli should drop his promise to end New Jersey’s Use of Force reporting

Oct 15, 2025Aug 31, 2026

Why your email = stronger local journalism in New Jersey

Oct 1, 2025Oct 1, 2025

New Jersey towns can’t fight forever chemicals in drinking water alone; they need a centralized PFAS response center

Sep 28, 2025Sep 28, 2025

Stop the massive warehouse in Liberty State Park: The park belongs to the people, not millionaires’ yachts

Sep 27, 2025Jun 3, 2026

New Jersey’s local news crisis among the worst in U.S.

Aug 24, 2025Aug 24, 2025

Stop calling Trenton Water Works ‘our most valued asset’ while treating it like a political garbage dump

Aug 9, 2025Sep 28, 2025

A year of living dangerously: Connaught Hill still in jeopardy

May 30, 2025Jun 3, 2026

Democracy in peril: Why you should care about the N.J. Open Public Records Act bill

May 10, 2024Aug 31, 2026

We need to fix OPRA – Let’s start here

Mar 14, 2024Apr 12, 2024

They’re doing it because they can: Democratic leadership in N.J. Legislature seems determined to curtail the public’s rights to know

Mar 14, 2024Mar 27, 2024

Help us reach our end-of-year fundraising goal and support more investigative reporting in N.J.

Dec 28, 2023Mar 27, 2024